SAB pledges to bottle, distribute water in Cape Town

South Africa

Tuesday 23 January 2018 - 7:00am

Water, tape
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CAPE TOWN - South African Breweries has pledged to bottle and distribute 12 million bottles of water in Cape Town.

1/ Cape Town's water crisis is serious but it is unlikely that day zero will materialise in the sense that there won't be water available for supply from its dams. More likely, city will start restricting supply pressures & specific areas will have reduced or intermittent supply

Zille is calling on Cape Town residents to do everything possible to avoid using up all water.

She has written to President Jacob Zuma requesting that he declare Cape Town’s water crisis a national state disaster.

"The national government responsibility is bulk water supply. The city’s responsibility to get that water, clean it and deliver it to individual households. Our primary responsibility is dealing with disasters. So when the mayor made it clear last week that day zero was imminent unless we have drastic behaviour change that is when the role of the province went into action. I can only account for the role of the province. We have been conducting rigorous oversight of the city and reporting to them on it. And we have been pleading the ith national government to fulfil their responsibility of bulk water provision", said Zille.